BUON VECCHIO CHARLIE — Buon Vecchio Charlie (1971) RM | Two Version | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Formed in Rome in 1970, Buon Vecchio Charlie are the all-but unknown creators of what has since been described among the greatest of all Italian prog albums, a self-titled effort recorded around spring 1971 for the Venice-based Suono label, but left to languish on the shelf for the next twenty years. Comprising three tracks, including a mammoth adaptation of "The Hall Of The Mountain King", it was finally unearthed by Melos in 1992.
Buon Vecchio Charlie themselves continued working into 1972, with several band members joining singer-songwriter Beppe Palomba on his album A Rosa, a Giovanna e alle altre. (Two tracks from this album were included on the late 1999 Akarma label reissue of Buon Vecchio Charlie.) From there, guitarist Luigi Calabrò, bassist Paolo Damiani and drummer Rino Sangiorgio formed a new band, the jazz-rock outfit Bauhaus - no relation, of course, to the British goths of early 1980s renown! . Dave Thompson
Tracklist : 
1. Venite Giù Al Fiume 12:09
Music By – Luigi Calabrò 
2. Evviva La Contea Di Lane 6:35
 Music By – Richard Benson
3. All'Uomo Che Raccoglie I Cartoni (15:00)
 Music By – Luigi Calabrò 
– BONUS TRACKS –
4. Rosa 4:33
5. Il Guardiano Della Valle 2:39
Credits :
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals – Luigi Calabrò
Bass – Paolo Damiani
Drums – Rino Sangiorgio
Keyboards – Sandro Centofanti
Lead Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar – Richard Benson
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Sandro "Cicero" Cesaroni

ARZACHEL — Arzachel (1969) Two Version | FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Take off your shoes, socks, turn off the lights, shut all windows and blinds and turn up your amplifier to 11... here comes some pure progressive psychedelia. ARZACHEL were in and out of the world of music for only a short period and have left behind this one and only little treasure of wonderful wierdness. ARZACHEL was really the young genius of Steve HILLAGE (guitars) and Dave STEWART (keyboards) and although never really intended for wide distribution has become one of the most collectible and trasured gems of this era. ARZACHEL contains classic HILLAGE acid guitar windouts and Dave STEWART's psychedelic keyboard drones and solos. ARZACHEL contains 2 longer length tracks (11 & 17 Mins) and 4 shorter numbers. The sound repro is as you might expect not in full digital, but does not detract from your listening enjoyment. The fine folks at Drop Out Records have included a nice little history and package about this band as well... Progarchives
Tracklist :
1    Garden Of Earthly Delights    2:44
Songwriter, Arranged By – Clive Brooks, Dave Stewart, Mont Campbell, Steve Hillage

2    Azathoth    4:22
Songwriter, Arranged By – Clive Brooks, Dave Stewart, Mont Campbell, Steve Hillage
3    Queen St. Gang    4:26
Written-By – Keith Mansfield
4    Leg    5:41
Songwriter, Arranged By – Clive Brooks, Dave Stewart, Mont Campbell, Steve Hillage
5    Clean Innocent Fun    10:28
Songwriter, Arranged By – Clive Brooks, Dave Stewart, Mont Campbell, Steve Hillage
6    Metempsychosis    16:51
Songwriter, Arranged By – Clive Brooks, Dave Stewart, Mont Campbell, Steve Hillage
Credits :
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Njerogi Gategaka (Mont Campbell)
Drums – Basil Dowling (Clive Brooks)
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Simeon Sasparella (Steve Hillage)
Organ – Sam Lee-Uff (Dave Stewart)

NITZINGER - Nitzinger (1972-2006) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Not a Krautrock band, as the name and release date might suggest, Nitzinger's self-titled debut album from 1971 was in fact the work of a budding Texan guitar cult legend -- the one and only John Nitzinger -- and his namesake power trio, whose music consisted of eclectic but still blues-drenched Southern hard rock and post-psych. The results include ZZ Top-style boogie and blues-rock ("Boogie Queen"), pre-Ted Nugent Gonzo guitar heroisms ("Witness to the Truth"), both of these at once ("Tickelick"), or neither, when it comes to the anthemic Southern rock of "My Last Goodbye," and semi-hit single "Louisiana Cock Fight." In addition, several cuts ("No Sun," "The Nature of Your Taste," etc.) see the trio augmented by soulful backup singers for a Mad Dogs & Englishmen sort of vibe, while others still see the versatile trio flirting with country-rock ("L.A. Texas Boy ") and plaintive balladry (the piano-enhanced "Enigma"). Yet the album's most intriguing/unique quality may be how the deceptively simple, universal, off the cuff material described above features obvious, if nuanced, sophistication, and is offset by lyrically weighty, post-flower power fare as seen in the aforementioned "No Sun" and "Hero of the War." And the fact that even these would-be progressive tendencies are kept to concise song lengths is what probably spared this album from utterly fatal dating; by extension, further separating Nitzinger's raised-on-the-jukebox-singles wheat, from the era's dominant music-conservatory-on-mushrooms chaff. Originally presented in a deluxe gatefold sleeve, it's not surprising that the Nitzinger LP has long been coveted by '70s rock collectors for the band's one-of-a-kind mixture of earthy grit and fearless (possibly naïve) flights of fancy. by Eduardo Rivadavia  
Tracklist :
1     L.A. Texas Boy 2:26
John Nitzinger
2     Ticklelick 2:42
John Nitzinger
3     No Sun 3:39
John Nitzinger
4     Louisiana Cock Fight 3:34
John Nitzinger
5     Boogie Queen 4:48
John Nitzinger
6     Witness to the Truth 3:25
John Nitzinger
7     The Nature of Your Taste 2:25
John Nitzinger
8     My Last Goodbye 3:44
John Nitzinger
9     Enigma 4:12
John Nitzinger
10     Hero of the War 3:25
John Nitzinger
Credits :
Bass, Vocals – Curly Benton
Composed By, Lead Guitar, Vocals – John Nitzinger
Lead Guitar – Bugs Henderson
Musical Assistance – Janey Fricke, Whitey Thomas
Percussion [Percussion Section], Vocals – Linda Waring